Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWBIGGIN

NEWBIGGIN, a township in Shotley parish, Northumberland; on the river Derwent at the boundary with Durham, 9½ miles S by E of Hexham. Acres, 2,056. Pop., 69. Houses, 10. The property belongs to the Rev. D. Capper.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Shotley CP/Ch       Northumberland AncC
Place: Newbiggin

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